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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world -4 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I don't know what it is, and neither the article nor the Budgie website seem keen on explaining it.

[–] optissima@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So it's the equivalent of KDE or Gnome?

[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago

Maybe this would help:

Budgie 10.9 Desktop

[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There is a link to the project in the first sentence.

[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world -3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That is correct, but it doesn't explain what Budgie is.

[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago

Their website explains everything. Do you… use Linux?

[–] Patch@feddit.uk 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Literally the first paragraph:

The Budgie desktop team announced today the release and general availability of Budgie 10.9 as the latest version of this modern desktop environment for GNU/Linux distributions.

If you need more than "modern desktop environment for GNU/Linux distributions" to figure out what the project is, then you're probably not the target audience for 9to5Linux.

[–] morrowind@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago
[–] nukul4r@feddit.de 7 points 2 years ago

I really like Budgie, but I can't use it without panels for each monitor. Version 11 can't come soon enough.

https://github.com/solus-project/budgie-desktop/issues/436

[–] njordomir@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

I'm a KDE user, but had a great experience using Budgie. I'm glad this software is an option for people.